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Found to have colon cancer last month and have removed the tumor by surgery. What about afterwards? Doctor told me that postoperative care of colon cancer is an important step in colon cancer treatment, like the sleep gesture, care of the artificial anus... What is your experience? :confused:

Local colon cancer sign or symptoms affect your bathroom habits and the colon itself. Changes in your bowel habits, just like bowel movements that are eigther more or less frequent than normal Constipation Diarrhea Intermittent (alternating) constipation and diarrhea Bright red or...

Hi, Im 22 years old. My mother passed away at the age of 28 with colon cancer. I need some advice. I have irregular bowel movements. I can go weeks with out going to the bathroom and can't go. I get constipated, diarrhea, black tar like stools, normal stools, light brown mucus like stuff in my...

Hi, Im 22 years old. My mother passed away at the age of 28 with colon cancer. I need some advice. I have irregular bowel movements. I can go weeks with out going to the bathroom and can't go. I get constipated, diarrhea, black tar like stools, normal stools, light brown mucus like stuff in my...

Hi, Im 22 years old. My mother past away with colon cancer when she was 28 years old. I have bowel movement problems, hemrroids, diarreha, constipation, tar like stolls some are normal colored stools, I have soft stools, runny stools, ect. when I go a lot of the time its just a little bit and I...

All of you seem to be having close to the same symptums! But one thing in comon! AGE! With this younger age, brings on many things that are so much 'more' important than attention to what and how you eat! "FAST AND FEARIOUS"! FAST FOODS and on the GO! not giving yourselves time enough to set,...

Okay, so here's the situation. I am 25 y/o and for the past year and a half, I have been experiencing blood in my stool on a regular basis. I went to my doctor with this issue immediately, and without any kind of exam, I was told it was nothing more than a hemorrhoid. I was prescribed some...

Okay, so here's the situation. I am 25 y/o and for the past year and a half, I have been experiencing blood in my stool on a regular basis. I went to my doctor with this issue immediately, and without any kind of exam, I was told it was nothing more than a hemorrhoid. I was prescribed some...

I have already booked an appointment to see the doctor on Monday but I was hoping someone could please offer some insight or share their experiences? I am a 30 year old Mum of 1 and have suffered mild hemorrhoids for a few years now. A couple of weeks ago I became aware that my bottom felt quite...

Hi,A brief history.For over a year I have been having the following symptoms.Nausea, pretty much 24/7, acid reflux that burns my throat and on waking in the morning leaves a taste and film in my mouth. (Sorry to be so descriptive.) I am unable to eat very much at all, and live mainly on ensure...

I am 26 and I am very worried that I might have cancer. my symptoms line up perfect with the symptoms of cancer. here is what they are pain in upper mid stomach pain in left side under rib cage pain in mid left side of back diarea mixed with constipation lost of appittite nasea lose of weight I...

I had a sessile polyp removed from my colon and was referred to a surgeon. I was told there was a 10% chance that microscopic cancer might of infiltrated lymph nodes because polyp had only 1mm margin. It did come out in one piece and easily removed by GI doctor. When I went to visit surgeon he...

I was recently very nervous that I might have colon cancer. I had mucus in my stool and several different problematic issues which I was greatly concerned with. on top of that, I had bad heart burn and frequent acid reflux. I went to my GI doctor and he asked if I had any blood in my stool, which...

My dad had surgery to remove a large polyp from his colon last month. In June 2003 he had a colonoscopy procedure in which the large polyp was found but could not be completely removed through the rectum. There was no follow up call or appointment and he simply forgot about it because there was no...

I'm an 18 year old female who noticed had a small bump on my lower rectum about 8 months ago. I've been brushing it off as a hemroid because I'm only 18 and have no trace of cancer in my family. I'm not over weight. I live a rather healthy life and do not smoke. However, recently I have noticed...

Hi. About 6 months ago I noticed a small bump like object in my lower rectum. I just ignored it because I'm a tad embarassed to get it checked out and find out it's nothing. In the past few months I've noticed mucus that is in my bowel movement and around my anus. In the past few days there has...

Hi everyone. My name is Kimberly, I am 23. I am really scared, I've been having some symptoms and my doctor found some anal fissures and hemmoroids, and also took some stool from my rectum and tested it and found it negative for blood (this still doesn't convince me, because I've heard it's more...